DZone

JANUARY 10, 2025

SQL Server is a powerful relational database management system (RDBMS), but as datasets grow in size and complexity, optimizing their performance becomes critical. Leveraging AI can revolutionize query optimization and predictive maintenance, ensuring the database remains efficient, secure, and responsive. In this article, we will explore how AI can assist in these areas, providing code examples to tackle complex queries.

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Percona

JANUARY 10, 2025

When setting up data-at-rest encryption (also known as transparent data encryption) in Percona Server for MongoDB, one has three options for storing a master encryption key: Encryption key file on a filesystem, KMIP server, HashiCorp’s Vault. An encryption key file is only suitable for testing due to its lack of proper security.

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DZone

JANUARY 10, 2025

After years of working in the intricate world of software engineering, I learned that the most beautiful solutions are often those unseen: backends that hum along, scaling with grace and requiring very little attention. My own journey of redesigning numerous systems and optimizing their performance has taught me time and again that creating a truly low-maintenance backend is an art that goes far beyond simple technical implementation.

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Architecture Scalability Software Engineering Cloud 242

Scalegrid

JANUARY 10, 2025

Heading into 2024, SQL databases will remain essential in data management, increasingly using distributed systems to meet growing needs for scalability and reliability. According to 2023 statistics, 49% of web applications use an SQL-based database , with SQL having a 75% adoption rate in the IT industry. In this post, well cover the importance of distributed SQL databases, their benefits, and the strategic management they require.

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